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by DaveKCMO
Sun May 06, 2007 12:18 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Official: KCMO Light Rail
Replies: 4038
Views: 359405

Re: Urban Society Light Rail Plan

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/96001.html The group wants a vote on the $150 million proposal this year and has vowed to launch a petition drive if the Kansas City Council balks at calling an election. i hate to say it, but i do agree with clay's comment: “The slew of post-election plans by va...
by DaveKCMO
Sun May 06, 2007 12:15 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: The Official Kansas City Weather Thread
Replies: 851
Views: 149891

Re: The Official Kansas City Weather Thread

flash flood watch! lots of rain in st. joe, so that also means the mighty 'mo may flood.
by DaveKCMO
Sun May 06, 2007 12:14 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: TIF to renovate existing businesses?
Replies: 17
Views: 1932

Re: TIF to renovate existing businesses?

a TIF that wouldn't go to rich developer? nonsense!
by DaveKCMO
Sun May 06, 2007 12:12 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Cancun Fiesta - New Burrito Place!
Replies: 52
Views: 5409

Re: Cancun Fiesta - New Burrito Place!

i wish we could get on of these! http://www.boloco.com/. too bad they're only in the boston area for now. awesome burritos and smoothies!
by DaveKCMO
Sun May 06, 2007 12:02 pm
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: 2007 Downtown Urban Homes Tour Survey
Replies: 27
Views: 5012

Re: 2007 Downtown Urban Homes Tour Survey

i had seen wallstreet towers and 909 walnut before, so i didn't hit them this year. my favorite view in wallstreet is the model unit that faces the bryant building. i would love to look at that thing outside my window all day! there is a unit in 909 that faces the commerce bank sign (25th floor?). i...
by DaveKCMO
Sat May 05, 2007 5:12 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: First Friday - MAY 2007
Replies: 15
Views: 2133

Re: First Friday - MAY 2007

PumpkinStalker wrote: I only noticed one dead pigeon too!  It was by the door under the link by the Westin.

I know they don't make it to the Crossroads, but is CID on Pigeon Patrol downtown to pick up the fresh carcasses?
a crossroads CID is in the works.
by DaveKCMO
Sat May 05, 2007 5:10 pm
Forum: Urban Living
Topic: 2007 Downtown Urban Homes Tour Survey
Replies: 27
Views: 5012

Re: 2007 Downtown Urban Homes Tour Survey

loved first+main, 700 broadway, and union carbide. hated coffee lofts and cold storage. total oversight not having a police presence in the loop, similar to what is there M-F 8-5. the shuttle appeared popular, however.
by DaveKCMO
Sat May 05, 2007 9:14 am
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Crossroads - Art of Pizza
Replies: 110
Views: 18657

Re: Crossroads - Art of Pizza

i'll keep an eye out. there are empty buildings on the SE corner, and mid-block on the east side of baltimore the building that once housed Pidgeon/A Forest is now empty.
by DaveKCMO
Sat May 05, 2007 9:10 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: P&L District: 13th & Walnut Site Proposal
Replies: 1185
Views: 309879

Re: P&L District: 13th & Walnut Site Proposal

wha???? this project includes skywalks???
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCI Flight Schedule Adjustments
Replies: 2543
Views: 755645

Re: KCI Flight Schedule Adjustments

Skybus, a new low-cost airline based in Columbus, OH, announced their initial cities today and Kansas City is on their route map. They will begin with one daily non-stop flight from KC to Columbus beginning 5/22. The new service will be aboard an Airbus A319 and initial one-way fares start at $10. ...
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 3:24 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Missouri Amtrak Service
Replies: 657
Views: 175727

Re: Missouri Amtrak Service

i hope no one's booked on the 4:30 train! Service Alert: Missouri Mules cancelled between St. Louis and Kansas City May 4, 2007 Union Pacific Railroad has informed Amtrak the route used by the Missouri Mules passenger trains between St. Louis and Kansas City has an unusually high amount of freight t...
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: advice/opinions on psychologists/psychiatrists in the kc area?
Replies: 4
Views: 722

Re: advice/opinions on psychologists/psychiatrists in the kc area?

is this friend interested in behavioral psychiatry?
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 3:11 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Dead pigeons
Replies: 72
Views: 10625

Re: Dead pigeons

nicholson finally hosed off the sidewalk in front of the old retro inferno building today.
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 3:09 pm
Forum: Development Q&A
Topic: Downtown Development Question on 12th street
Replies: 18
Views: 4147

Re: Downtown Development Question on 12th street

will pedestrians be able to cross 12th going north-south? is 12th switching to two-way traffic? anyone?
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Forks and Corks
Replies: 34
Views: 4255

Re: Forks and Corks

no music? not even ida mcbeth? how odd...
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 2:57 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Light Rail Systems And Routes In Other Cities
Replies: 585
Views: 148392

Re: Light Rail Systems And Routes In Other Cities

the metro in montreal. it was really hard to get good pix in there. i believe i was transferring here between the orange and green lines at berri-uqam station: http://homepage.mac.com/discodave2/SSPX0144.jpg self-portrait inside lucien-l'allier station on the orange line (three flights of escalators...
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 12:25 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: Seven
Replies: 190
Views: 24420

Re: Seven

chrizow wrote: mmm, cotton candy....but in coffee?!
i think cotton candy is just thinly-spun sugar with some food coloring. no worse than coffeemate.
by DaveKCMO
Fri May 04, 2007 10:30 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - East Village
Replies: 1910
Views: 291721

Re: OFFICIAL: East Village downtown neighborhood

Housing proposals come up short in bid for Missouri tax credits Several major urban housing initiatives, including the first apartments planned for the East Village redevelopment area, have failed to receive state tax credits needed to proceed this year. The setback occurred when the Missouri Housi...